I experienced a side landing once back in my training and I wasn't even
flying at that time. My instructor misjudged on how much she needed to yaw
and we landed sideway. I am warning you that you do not want to feel the
pain in your neck as the plane impact the runway sideway. The instructor's
quick actions after the impact saved our butt.

As a newly minted pilot I managed to royally screw up a couple of crosswind
landings. One in particular stands out in my mind:

We were in a rental Cherokee 140, and the winds were gusty and howling
nearly as bad as yesterday. We were landing in Rockford, IL -- Class D, big
runways, plenty of room for meandering off the center line. Shoulda been a
piece of cake.

Well, I meandered all right. At touchdown I had full left rudder, and full
right aileron in -- a perfect set up for a perfect crosswind landing.
Unfortunately I forgot to neutralize the rudder as the nosewheel touched
down.

In a Cherokee, the rudder is directly connected to the nosewheel. Our
sudden and abrupt veer to the left was as violent as it was surprising.

Damn near took out the runway lights on a 200 foot wide runway. Now *that*
would have been embarrassing!

Mary still brings *that* one up, whenever I needle her about a bad landing!
:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"